title: Nordisk ophthalmologisk tidsskrift 1889-1892: the Nordic Journal of Ophthalmology - a forerunner of Acta Ophthalmologica.
abstract: In the second half of the nineteenth century several ophthalmological journals appeared (Germany, England, France, United States). In the northern countries (Denmark, Finland, Norway, Sweden) an initiative lead to 'Nordisk ophthalmologisk Tidsskrift' published in the scandinavian languages in the years 1889-92. The 'driving force' behind the journal was the first professor in Ophthalmology in Copenhagen, Dr. Edmund Hansen Grut. The purpose with this presentation is to give the background for the rise and fall of the journal which was an attempt to promote Nordic Ophthalmology. The authors turned out, however, to be mainly those involved as editors. The journal never gained broad acceptance and it simply stopped in 1892, without any closing remarks. In spite of its short life the journal should be remembered for the very first publication on the arcuate scotoma, the Bjerrum scotoma from 1889. Although shortlived the initiative was not in vain, as can be read in the preface to the very first volume of Acta ophthalmologica.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, Århus University Hospital, Århus, Denmark. neh@tdcadsl.dk
authors.forename: Niels
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Ehlers
mesh_terms: D049672:History, 19th Century; D006801:Humans; D009885:Ophthalmology / Q000266:history*; D010506:Periodicals as Topic / Q000266:history*; D011643:Publishing / Q000266:history; D013548:Sweden